Posts by Steve Burch

The Posse Comitatus Act is a federal law signed in 1878. The purpose of the act is to limit using federal military personnel to enforce domestic policies within the United States.  Its primary purpose is to prevent a U.S. President—the Commander in Chief—from using federal troops against the U.S. citizenry. And so we come to…

His name is Andrew S. Hanen. He is a United States District Court Judge down in Brownsville, Texas. He is a hero of mine. For the past seven years, it has been clear to me that the highest law enforcement officer in the nation, Attorney General Eric Holder, had been abusing the law. On May…

The “Shoal Bass Bill” failed to pass on the last day of the Georgia legislative session. What that means is that there will be no hunting or fishing license fee increase this fall. You’ll have to see last month’s editorial to follow how oddly this political football bounced. It also means there will be another…

By the time you get this magazine, the Georgia legislative session will have ended, and the fate of a bill that would raise license and permit fees for sportsmen will be known. As I sit here writing this on March 24, on the last day remaining in the session, I’ve been told the license fee…

The sudden passing of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was for me a gut punch. It is worth noting that he was on a hunting trip in Texas at the time of his passing. When fully staffed, there are nine Justices on the court. This number tends to avoid a tie on weighty questions.…

You won’t believe what is really going on, but I am about to show it to you. The fruit is set; it ripens in the fall. Now comes State Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver with a law that will ban weapons and require the GBI to confiscate weapons, bullets and magazines. The proposed new law is…